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Firearm Storage Practices Among American Veterans
Study that describes firearm storage practices and correlates of those practices among U.S. Veteran firearm owners to better inform suicide prevention initiatives.
Suicide risk in bipolar disorder during treatment with lithium and divalproex
Retrospective cohort study that compares the suicide risk during treatment with lithium and treatment with divalproex.
The lifetime risk of suicide in schizophrenia: a reexamination
Article that reexamines the lifetime suicide prevalence in patients with schizophrenia.
Contextual Factors Associated With County-Level Suicide Rates in the United States, 1999 to 2016
Article looking at suicide rates during an 18-year period stratified by rural-urban location to understand suicide and targeted suicide prevention efforts.
Characteristics of impulsive suicide attempts and attempters
Article investigating characteristics of impulsive suicide.
Guns and suicide in the United States
A perspective article that discusses the link between suicide and firearms in the home and the physician's role in risk assessment after a Supreme Court 2008 ruling on handgun ownership.
Household Gun Ownership and Youth Suicide Rates at the State Level, 2005-2015
Article that investigates the relationship between the prevalence of household gun ownership in a state and the youth suicide rates of that state to inform policy.
Extreme Risk Protection Orders: An Opportunity to Improve Gun Violence Prevention Training
Article that reviews physician effectiveness in risk assessment, medical education on gun violence prevention, and the capacity to improve physician risk assessment training.
Assessment of Extreme Risk Protection Order Use in California From 2016 to 2019
Article that studies the early utilization of California's extreme risk protection order (ERPO) or similar policy.
Domestic Violence and Safe Storage of Firearms in the COVID-19 Era
Article that discusses the rise in domestic and intimate partner violence and the importance of safe storage of firearms during COVID-19 stay-at-home orders.
Extreme Risk Protection Orders in Washington : A Statewide Descriptive Study
Article that characterizes circumstances of extreme risk protection order (ERPO) laws and those individuals who pose risks to themselves or others.
Criminal Justice and Suicide Outcomes with Indiana’s Risk-Based Gun Seizure Law
Article that examines the effectiveness of Indiana's 2006 risk-based seizure law designed to prevent gun violence by authorizing police officers power to remove firearms from people who present imminent or future risk of injury to self or others, or display violent or emotionally unstable conduct.